Cinder-guard for car-windows.



H. A. LONGINO.

CINDER GUARD FOR CAR WINDOWS. APPLICATION FILED ocT. 3o, 1915.

l ,@@v l Patented Oct. 3, 1916 H- PvLoNGINO .fl' LOHGNO, OF L GRANGE, KENTUGKY.

Appieatien le etoher 30, 1915. Serial No.

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known vthat l, Hoen herrn Lon- Gnvo, citizen of the vUnited States, residing at La Grange, in the county of 'ldhani and 'State or Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cinder- Guards tor Sar-Windows, et which the ollowing is a specification, reference heinghad to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to an improved.

.the eyes with serions injury thereto.

The invention has 'for another important object to provide a wire sereen guardv :tor oar windows which, while preventing the Cinders from entering the window, will at the saine time permit a constant steady .'low

of fresh air to enter.

My invention has for an additional object to simplify theeonstruetion of devices of the shove charaeter and enahie the saine to he readily applied to train coaches et nomi nal expense. With the above and other objects in my invention eonsists in the novel ee s saires of construction, combination and arrange :ment of parte .to he hereinafter more nl'." described, claimed and illustrated the aeoompanying drawing, in which, I

Figure 'l is a elevation showing my improved 'einder guards applied to a ear; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the framework uponwhich the screen is secured; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3 3 or Figs 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates a passenger coach and (i the windows thereof. Upon the window easing or framework between the openings in the ear wall, my improved oinder guard is secured.

In carrying` ont my invention, have found, as van economical construction, the combination and arrangement of the several partsillnstrated, which inelnde a 'frame indioated at '7 formed from rods of proper thickness or diameter. rThis ,trame includes three longitudinally disposed rods which are so arranged and connected together at intervals by the rod 9 as to form a triangular figure in plan. The longitudinal-lyentending rods. are provided with eyes orv other Speeicetion of Letters Patent.

Patented (let.

means to vreceive screws or fasteners indicated at 10, whereby the frame can be rigidly secured upon the outer tace of the window frames between the adjacent windows. The opposite sides of the triangular frames 'Z' are entirely covered hy a wire rnesh sor-een' shown at l1. A central vertical strip of ne wire gauze l2 hise'ots this frame and extends Jfrom the central longitudinal traine rod to the wall ot the car. These wire screen guards Constructed in the manner stated, extend over the sill ont the window to the upper end thereof so. that they form a complete protection at all points along each side of the window opening.

Frein the above description, the operation of the device will he clearly understood. .in the movement of the train, tlying einders driven by strong air currents will strike against the sloping or inclined reticiilated side walls of the guards 'and either ily ontl wardly from the window or enter through the screen `fabric and he caught by the vertical strip of wire gauze i0. The air may,

` however, freely pass through this' gauze and the opposite retioulated side wail oi the iwbh adm OEB RC' ard and entf-i he dvce t w1 d w so that there will he an unrestricted, steady supply of fresh air to the interior oi the ear., Y'

The ordinary tenderh 'of this character is usually in the forni of a solid niet-al plate set at an angle and projecting ontwardiy from the oar wall. These plates," however, interfere with4 the free fiow of the air vso'that it will enter the window in gusts and the plates not only do not prevent the oinders from entering the windows hut, on t le oontrary; they frequently act as'directing means to deflect the cinders into the window opening. i

The several guards at their lower ends are entirely open so that the cinders will fall downwardlyJ therethrough below the windows.

llt willV thus be seen that ll have provided a very simple, effective and reliable oinder `enard 'for oar windows which is also exceedingly simple in its construction and may he applied to the oars at nominal expense.

While have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement ot' the several parts employed, it is to he iindersteo-d that the invention is susceptible ot considerable modification therein and therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting iixed to the ear between adjacent Windows and converging toward each other, and ineans centrally arranged between said walls and extending the entire length thereogt' to prevent the passage of cinders in a horizontal line through the space between said perorate walls.

2. A cinder guard for car Windows ineluding a vertically disposed frame secured to the outer face of the ear wallrbetween adjacent windows and having outwardly extending, convergently disposed side walls,

wire screen fabric covering said .side walls throughout the length of the frame,.and a iyaoogsve medial vertically extending strip of finer wire gauze arranged betweenthe meeting edges of the `converging side walls and the Wall of the car.

3. A cinder guard for car A,windows including a vertically disposed iframe of triangular forIn-in plan secured to the outer face of the car Wall between adjacntwindows, the apex of said frame being centrally disposed between the car windows and spaced from the car wall, a vertical strip of ine wire gauze bisecting said frame and eX- tending from the apex thereof to the car wall, and relatively coarse Wire screen fabric covering the opposite inclinedsides of said frame throughout the length thereof.

ln testimony whereof li hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

p H. ALVIN LONGIN. Witnesses:

R. B. Casarini', W. D. PINKs'roN.

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` Washington, E. 0. 

